Comments on: Tom Daley and how to deal with Twitter fools http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/07/31/tom-daley-and-how-to-deal-with-twitter-fools/ Sat, 18 May 2013 15:58:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Internet trolls: People have a right to free speech AND not to be abused | Speaker's Chair http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/07/31/tom-daley-and-how-to-deal-with-twitter-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-7684 Internet trolls: People have a right to free speech AND not to be abused | Speaker's Chair Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:59:36 +0000 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/?p=9022#comment-7684 [...] Tom Daley and how to deal with Twitter fools [...]

]]> By: UK: Teenager given harassment warning over tweets sent to Tom Daley | Index on Censorship http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/07/31/tom-daley-and-how-to-deal-with-twitter-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-7565 UK: Teenager given harassment warning over tweets sent to Tom Daley | Index on Censorship Wed, 01 Aug 2012 08:11:03 +0000 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/?p=9022#comment-7565 [...] on suspicion of malicious communication has been issued with a harassment warning in connection to tweets sent to Olympic diver Tom Daley. The teenager has been bailed to return to the police station at a later date while the force [...]

]]> By: Step Left http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/07/31/tom-daley-and-how-to-deal-with-twitter-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-7560 Step Left Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:39:18 +0000 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/?p=9022#comment-7560 I partly agree with Robert. I firmly believe that what ever you give out on the internet you should deal with what you get back. I dont have any sympathy with the troll getting abused back on twitter. He made his own noose in that instance.

However the police involvement is ridiculous and even if he was arrested on account of his cartoonish death threats, I feel the law regarding this is far too loose and vague. The police and the disgusting self-rightious snitches that help them find and arrest trolls should take into account what twitter is. A joke. A farce of a microblogging site where trolling, flamming and abuse is the norm. Secondly, plausibility of a death threat. The troll in question is clearly not able to carry out any of his threats practically and, the fact they on twitter, indicate its just hot air and no plans for murder are conciveable.

]]> By: Joe Poulton http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/07/31/tom-daley-and-how-to-deal-with-twitter-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-7555 Joe Poulton Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:12:52 +0000 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/?p=9022#comment-7555 There are many issues – Louise Mensch wanted to gag Twitter during the 2011 uprising, injunctions can be broken outside of the UK and miscarriages of justice highlighted to the discomfort of the UK government. Twitter et al is both a great democratizer and a platform for neo nazi loons.

]]> By: Darren Connors http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/07/31/tom-daley-and-how-to-deal-with-twitter-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-7554 Darren Connors Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:36:45 +0000 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/?p=9022#comment-7554 Good article. I remember reading a Jeremy Clarkson (dont stop reading yet!) column years ago where he was advocating the ridicule of fools on quizes and other TV shows, not for entertainment sake, but because it is important to highlight and preferably mock stupidity like this. Fools, be they genuine bigots or adolescent twits should have their opinions ridiculed publicly rather than censored or criminalised.

]]> By: Dannielle http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/07/31/tom-daley-and-how-to-deal-with-twitter-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-7553 Dannielle Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:25:46 +0000 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/?p=9022#comment-7553 The backstory seems to be that the TD tweets were actually quite mild compared with the other racist, pornographic, sexist and violent stuff this kid was coming out with. He seems pretty pathetic in seeking attention and the most mature thing to do would be ignore him. He linked to porn sites on his Twitter account and seemed to be lots younger than 17 – more like 12 and that would be a Child Protection issue… Still would be dodgy if some of his followers were under age. Trouble is we’ve rather lost where the line that we shouldn’t cross is – and the naming of bile like this as banter or entertainment instead of symptoms of mental illness, or what you get when the phone is smarter than the user. Free speech needs almost an internal check – this lad had no check. Hopefully he’ll get the help he needs. The torrent of abuse he himself got again seems to be folk who enjoy the transgression, but without taking any responsibility for the outcome.

]]> By: Lello http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/07/31/tom-daley-and-how-to-deal-with-twitter-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-7552 Lello Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:24:39 +0000 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/?p=9022#comment-7552 Also the case of Hamza Kashghari, a Saudi who poetically stated his thoughts of Prophet Mohammed.
He fled the country to Malaysia after many Saudis pinpointed his house on Twitter and asked for his head to be slashed.
The story goes on that he was detained by Malaysian Police at the airport where was forced back to Saudi and has captured by government officials.
Till this day Hamza is jailed with no accusations.
Just search Google and you’d find many articles about the mater.

]]> By: Chris Hoult http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/07/31/tom-daley-and-how-to-deal-with-twitter-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-7551 Chris Hoult Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:01:30 +0000 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/?p=9022#comment-7551 Free speech is OK but you have to draw a line at the totally abusive (Jan Moir was that)However she was an adult (I think). This kid was 17 years old I dread to look back on what I said or did when I was 17. Perhaps Tom who lets admit it is very privileged (He has worked hard for it) Should meet him and help. A criminal record will not help at all.

]]> By: Reasonable force? « Purely a figment of your imagination http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/07/31/tom-daley-and-how-to-deal-with-twitter-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-7550 Reasonable force? « Purely a figment of your imagination Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:16:56 +0000 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/?p=9022#comment-7550 [...] see also Index on Censorship on ‘the thrill of active netizenship’. Rate this:Link love! Share [...]

]]> By: Jon http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/07/31/tom-daley-and-how-to-deal-with-twitter-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-7549 Jon Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:14:41 +0000 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/?p=9022#comment-7549 It seems to me that you’re missing an important point here. He wasn’t arrested, presumably, for upsetting passers by on Twitter. If unlawful harassment is defined as that which is intended to cause alarm or distress to an individual then it’s between the poster, the target, and the police to determine whether it’s arrestable, and any charges will be on that basis, not on the basis that he might have offended a large group of onlookers.

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